User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Title Page
- Disclaimer
- Contact
- Table of Contents
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Basic Concepts
- 3 Browser
- 4 Sound Slots
- 5 Creating Groups
- 6 Working with Patterns (Hardware)
- 6.1 Creating Patterns
- 6.1.1 Pattern Mode
- 6.1.2 Pad Mode
- 6.1.3 Pad Link
- 6.1.4 Releasing a Pad from a Pad Link Group
- 6.1.5 Recording the Pads
- 6.1.6 The Metronome
- 6.1.7 Using the Step Sequencer
- 6.1.8 Using Note Repeat
- 6.1.9 Using the Piano Roll/Keyboard
- 6.1.10 Recording Automation
- 6.1.11 Recording Automation in the Step Sequencer
- 6.1.12 Step Grid, Pattern Length Grid and Quantization
- 6.2 Editing Patterns
- 6.1 Creating Patterns
- 7 Working with Patterns (Software)
- 7.1 The Pattern Editor
- 7.2 Editing Patterns
- 7.2.1 Mouse Actions in the Pattern Editor
- 7.2.2 The Zoom Tool
- 7.2.3 Compare/Split
- 7.2.4 The Piano Roll / Keyboard
- 7.2.5 Recording and Editing Automation
- 7.2.6 Adding a Modulator
- 7.2.7 Step Grid, Pattern Length Grid and Quantization
- 7.2.8 Pad Link
- 7.2.9 Releasing a Pad from a Pad Link Group
- 7.2.10 Setting up a Pad as Master or Slave in a Pad Link Group
- 7.2.11 Rendering Audio from Patterns using Drag and Drop
- 7.2.12 Rendering MIDI from Patterns using Drag and Drop
- 8 The Effects Overview
- 9 Using FX
- 9.1 Applying Effects to a Sound
- 9.2 Applying Effects to a Group
- 9.3 Applying Effects to the Master
- 9.4 Bypassing Effects
- 9.5 Automating Effects and Sampler Parameters
- 9.6 Applying FX to an External Instrument
- 9.7 Recording FX Automation
- 9.8 Saving FX Presets
- 9.9 Creating a Send Effect
- 9.10 Creating a Multi Effect
- 10 Creating a Song using Scenes
- 11 Sampling and Sample Mapping
- 12 The Master Section
- 13 Exporting Audio
- 14 Appendix: Tips for playing Live
- Index
14.2.5 Set up your own Multi FX Groups and automate them
You can setup multi FX Groups containing all the effects you want to use in a live set. You can
find several multi FX in the Library (check the Browser Bank for multi FX) to give you an idea
of what works for you. To be able to quickly change and modulate the FX settings, you can set
automation for the multi FX as Patterns from within the MASCHINE software. By using Pat-
terns for the multi FX Group you could for example trigger a filter-sweep or a wild modulated
Beat Delay.
14.3 Special Tricks
14.3.1 Changing Pattern Length for variation
Try a short quantization like a ¼ note in the Pattern Length Grid and change the Pattern
Length in Pattern mode (see chapter ↑6.1.12, Step Grid, Pattern Length Grid and Quantiza-
tion) using Button 1 to create variations of a Pattern. If you select an even higher value like
1/64th you can create stuttering breaks and rolls.
14.3.2 Using the Loop Mode to cycle through Samples
You can use the Loop mode to cycle through Samples, creating glitches and stuttering breaks
or interesting soundscapes. Just enter the EDIT tab in Sampling mode, enable Loop mode and
play with the Knobs for the start and end point of the Loop. Use the SHIFT button to change
the values in smaller increments.
14.3.3 Load long Audio Files and play with the Start Point
As you know you can adjust the start of a Sound in the Sampler Parameter pages. If you load a
long audio file, you can create interesting variations by tweaking the start. Note: this technique
requires that you choose either AHD or ADSR as the Amplitude Envelope.
Appendix: Tips for playing Live
Basic Techniques
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